City of God Page #2

Synopsis: Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund (co-director)
Production: Miramax Films
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 66 wins & 38 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.6
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
2002
130 min
Website
5,819 Views


shall never die..."

Stop, or I'll shoot!

"He that believeth in me,|though he were dead, yet shall he live..."

The robbery in the motel|was the most bloodstained in history.

The gangsters fortunes|changed paths.

He couldn't have|been a gangster.

He is a worker.

Snatcher was|in God's hands.

Hairy was caught|in the Bernice's net.

and Naive was|in my father's hands.

Why are you doing this?|You will be working with me!

Your brother is|going to look after you.

If I ever catch you with money| that is not yours, I'll kill you!

This goes for you too.|Put on your work clothes!

If your brother is a gangster|you are affected as well!

Don't worry.|He will get over it.

These things are not for you!|You go and study.

Aren't you afraid of being killed?

You are smart -|you have to go to college.

I attend school because|I do not like working.

Promise me that you are|never gonna touch this weapon.

Quickly. I will sell|lots of fish. Do not laugh!

You smiled when father|hit me.

What's wrong?|Cat got your tongue?

I'm thinking how to tell you.

You're gonna fry your brain|if you think so much.

My heart chose you.|I am listening to my heart.

Are you kidding?

Have you never head|of love at first sight?

- Gangsters do not love.|- You always talk to me in a bad way.

- Gangsters seduce.|- I am not going to lose my peace.

Gangsters do not stop -|just take a break.

- You know nothing of love.|- This is no love; it is a joke.

I love you.

You might convince me|in the end.

After the robbery, police|did raids in the ghetto.

Everyday, someone was sent to jail,|someone was sold out.

But no-one ever knew anything.

No-one revealed the|robber's hideout.

THREE MONTHS LATER

Why don't you change|your life, Hairy?

Find a job instead of|lying in bed all day!

Do you think that a job will|give you money? Go try!

What do you think |I am doing all day long?

Take it easy, baby.|All I want is you.

to have children, a farm|with chicken, and lots of weed.

I don't believe a word.

I almost got rich|with that robbery.

The police are after you|after the motel killings.

What are you saying? Did you see anything?|So shut up!

They shot them,|and blamed it on me!

They even killed Kid!|So leave it!

- I don't know who did it|- Not me.

I don't want a gangster as|the father of my children!

You are alone, Hairy!

Snatcher became religious,|Naive found a job.

- And you?|- I am the same!

- Everybody dumped me.|- Then I will dump you too.

I am leaving. If you want, come with|me, else I will leave alone!

Nice fresh fish!

My brother promised|to conform.

But the gangster does not change.|Just stops for a while.

Naive was having an affair|with Shortie's wife.

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Bráulio Mantovani

Bráulio Mantovani (born July 1963 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian screenwriter and author. Graduating in Portuguese Language and Literature from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, he began his career writing professionally for theatre groups in 1987. In the early 1990s, he moved to New York City where he worked as camera operator and assistant director for Zbigniew Rybczyński. Back in Brazil, he wrote the script for the short film Palace II, directed by Fernando Meirelles in 2001. On the next year, the partnership extended to City of God, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. more…

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